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Taking folks back to Memory Lane, when MC used to battle other MC.

LL Cool J prior to this beef with Canibus, previously battled Kool Moe Dee, and Jay Z which few people still believed he had beef with, when Jay Z was named President for Def Jam, instead of LL Cool J, who was the first rap artist signed to the Long Living record label.

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LL Cool J is probably referring to the Night Club in New York City, in the Manhattan borough named “Tunnel”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_(New_York_nightclub)

It was closed down in 2001, after nonpayment of rent.

The opening classic scene in the 1998 film “Belly” was shot in the Tunnel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxz9CK-ePZc

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Grand Wizard is Nas & Jungle’s cousin.

(Ill Will is on the left, Grand Wizard in the middle, and Nas on the right.)

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The threat to kill your mother is an empty one; Eazy never killed anyone outside of in his raps. Don’t be so sure he won’t charm your sister, though – the man fathered 7 children with 6 different women.

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In traditional Islamic teachings, Allah is of course the supreme creator of all things and what westerners would call, God.

However, the early five-percenters referred to Clarence 13x as Allah. It is important to differentiate here that the Nation of Islam teaches that all of the Asiatic race are Gods but there is only one Allah, or supreme leader, which for many years was the man known as Wallace Fard Muhammad and later referred to Elijah Muhammad.

Clarence would famously say during a Nation of Islam meeting, “What Fard had given to Elijah, Elijah has given to me. I am Allah”.

Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, and Head was the original break down of the work Allah by Clarence, which was meant to represent man himself.

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WISDOM is the black woman who is the moon. Wisdom is the manifestation of one’s knowledge:

1 + 1 = 2

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Understanding is the addition of Knowledge & Wisdom (1+2=3), complete comprehension. 3 or Understanding is also Child. The highest form of Understanding is Love. Understanding is built from Knowledge first-and-foremost.

Word plays are frequently used by Five Percenters. Instead of being “under” something, they would rather use the term “over” stand so as not to introduced negative terms into the conversation or build.

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To be a true thug means you havent had it good your whole life, and you intend to change that, and get out of the ghetto if thats where you are, you do whats right, you dont take shit from anyone, and stand up for your friends and dont let them take shit from anyone! You dont have to be a stereotypical “gangsta” to be a thug, a skater can be a thug, a nerd can be a thug, a hick can be a thug, a prep can be a thug, and old ass man can be a thug! So forget your stupid fucking stereotypes and thinking that everybody has to fit into one group, and be labeled. And i’ll tell you what… Damn it feels good to be a gangster!

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Big L is repping Harlem, which is also known as Uptown, because it’s near the Bronx, which is upper Manhattan.

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This is a bald fade – the hair on the sides fades out to nothing.

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